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.h1 INTRODUCTION
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YOUR VERY OWN Programs let you keep track of every-
thing that you OWN (inventories, collections, etc.)
and everything that you DO (histories, etc.).
The Program called ~YOUR VERY OWN ^040~
is an ^083 program to help you keep track of
^084s.
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You can identify each ^084, not only by the kind
of ^084 (^401, ^402, etc.), but you can
specifically identify it (^501,
^502, etc.).
.h2 Personalized Information
With YOUR VERY OWN ^040, you are able to
use your own names for people, places and things.
For example, you can identify ^084s with your
own names (such as ^353 instead of ^303).
.h2 Integrated Approach
The Program called ~YOUR VERY OWN ^040~
not only lets you enter data, but it lets you make
inquiries about the data that is already stored.
You can inquire about one ^059, one ^056,
or one ^060. Your inquiries can include
mixtures, such as one ^059 AND one ^056
AND one ^060, etc.
.h2 Multiple-Choices
When you are entering data, you select from menus of
personalized information, by picking the number of one
^059, one ^056, one ^060, etc. You do not
have to type in all of the information over and over
again. You just make a series of choices.
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Similarly, when you want to make an inquiry, you
again select from menus of information, picking the
number of one ^059, one ^056, one ^060,
etc. Again, you do not have to type the information,
just pick its number.
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When you make an inquiry, you can either see your
information on the display screen, or you can have it
printed on your printer (if you have one). The choice
is up to you.
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With this multiple-choice approach, you do not have to
be a typist to use YOUR VERY OWN ^040.
You pick a number, rather than typing words.
.h2 Hardware Requirements
YOUR VERY OWN ^040 runs on any member of
the IBM PC Family of Computers, including the IBM PCjr, the
IBM PC, the IBM Portable PC, the IBM PC/XT, and the IBM
PC/AT, as well as any of the ~Truly-Compatibles~.
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You need to have 60K available for the program, so you
will need a PC with at least 128K.
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You will need a Printer to produce the documentation, and
to produce the output from inquiries. The IBM Graphics
Printer is the supported printer. Another printer may be
substituted, if the user follows the instructions for
modifications supplied in the PRINTERS Program.
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You will need a Monitor (either Monochrome or Color).
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You will need one double-sided diskette drive.
.h2 Software Requirements
YOUR VERY OWN ^040 runs under IBM PC DOS
Version 2.0 or later versions.
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YOUR VERY OWN ^040 is a BASIC Program.
The Text Processor is also a BASIC Program.
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Therefore, you must have BASIC available, either on a
Cartridge if you are using the IBM PCjr, or on a diskette
or hard disk, if you are using another member of the IBM PC
Family of Computers.
.h1 CARE OF DISKETTES
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Your diskettes, which you will be using for YOUR VERY OWN
^040 information, should give you months and
months of use, if you know a little bit about how to take
care of them.
.h2 What Diskettes Are
Diskettes appear to be square. What you are seeing is not
the actual diskette, but its cover. The diskette itself is
inside the cover, but it is round. It looks like a very
small phonograph record, although it is very thin. It can
be bent (if you are not careful), so it is sometimes known
as a ~floppy~ disk.
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Although the cover is square, it is not a solid cover. It
has openings in it. The center opening is round, and lets
the diskette drive turn the round diskette within its cover.
The cover also has a long opening (on both sides). This
opening is there so that information can be placed on the
diskette, and can be retrieved from that diskette.
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There is a small round hole, which is there so that the
beginning of information can be determined. There is a
tiny hole on the round diskette which shows through the
opening in the cover once in a while. That is where the
beginning of the information on the diskette is located.
.h2 What Diskettes Do
A diskette (not its cover) is covered with material which
is magnetic. When the diskette (inside its cover) is in a
diskette drive (and turning), information can be recorded
(magnetically) on the diskette itself. Information can
also be retrieved (read) from the diskette by reading the
changes in magnetism which have been recorded there.
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.h2 Problem Areas
.h3 Magnets (and X-Rays)
Anything magnetic, which comes even close to a diskette
can change the magnetism on the diskette, and can cause
any or all information recorded on the diskette to be
destroyed. If this happens, you will not be able to get
the information from the diskette. The information is
lost forever.
.h3 Hand Moisture
Moisture and oils from your fingers can cause problems if
you touch the actual diskette itself. That is why it has
a cover (to protect the diskette from you). Therefore,
you must always be careful to handle the diskette by its
cover, and not to touch it through the openings which are
there to permit information to be entered or retrieved.
.h3 Smoke and Dust
Just like the problems with the moisture and oils from
your hands, diskettes can be spoiled if smoke and dust
particles get onto the diskette itself. Therefore, it
is important that you keep the diskette inside its outer
dust-cover when you are not using it. It is also very
important that you do not smoke near any diskette, since
smoke particles could get onto the surface of the disk-
ette, and cause problems.
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